Ragtag: An Unlikely Alliance.

[Kocel232]

RAGTAG: AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE

Welcome to RAGTAG, the adventuring game based off of a variant of what I'm calling "The Roll To Die" system!

In this game, I'll be whipping up a semi-generic fantasy setting based off of my whims, humor, and creative urges for you to create a party to adventure in.There will, initially, be nine spots. It will not be "First Come First Serve." Those who do not make it may be offered roles within the plot (recurring miniboss, villain, merchant, ETC) so that they, too, can play a part. Note that those roles will be offered as I see fit/feel like it.

First off, we'll need a party of seven heroes. Note, I do mean "hero" in the loosest possible sense. Basically, you're all going to be united against a common cause. Eventually, of course. Initially, you'll be each doing your own thing. What that "thing" is will be up to you. Note, I *am* going to be giving the setting in this post. If your character's origin doesn't jive (EX: "He is a future DJ samurai with purple hair and eye lasers!1!!) I will likely not accept it. This does not mean you shouldn't be creative, however, as I do have a sense of humor and the name of this game IS "Ragtag."

Now, let's look at the set-up of how I want you to make your characters, eh?

SET UP HOOOO! (BELOW)

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NAME: Self-explanatory. I will take anything from "John Smith" to "Slab Chunksteak."

RACE: What in the hell are you? This will affect how NPCs react to you, what factions favor you, as well as giving various racial abilities, stat buffs, and, occasionally, stat debuffs. However, those will be decided by me. For now, just give me a race.

GENDER: Purely aesthetic. Unless you try to seduce some Viking in a bar. Then again, who knows, Thor cross-dressed, those Vikings might be pretty open-minded.

ALIGNMENT: Unfortunately, I don't play much DnD, so I won't hold you to the one you pick at the threat of death. However, keep in mind, this will affect how other NPCs see you. A Lawful character will be more welcomed by society as a whole, while a Chaotic character will tend to get along more with the riff-raff. If your character is openly evil, good and neutral characters may not get along well with him, while a goody-two-shoes hero will clash more often with characters who are evil or neutral. And neutral characters? You're Clint Eastwood from the "Dollars" trilogy. You give zero fucks. You just want to get paid, find a nice place to relax, and chill out. You're not moved to hurt others, nor are you moved to help them. You can see equal merit and fault in both sides. And if you're Chaotic Neutral? Hell, then you probably are more likely to side with cabbages.

CLASS/OCCUPATION: This will affect the abilities I'll give you. That's right, *I* will dole out the abilities around here. But, fear not, this should be all the more challenge to shoot out bizarre classes at me. Note that this will also affect how NPCs view you, as people tend to view Jesters different than Physicians. Humor and creativity strongly recommended, but remember that every party needs its boring, effective members as well.

BACKSTORY: Just give us a short back story. I reserve the right to make a few edits, but don't worry, there wouldn't be too many. Things to include would be a home (could be anywhere from a specific city you make up to a general location, such as "the mountains"), why they are in the setting, what drives them, and what their ultimate goal in life would be. Take note, it's alright for a character's goal to be, "Eh, just live day-to-day."

WEAPON: Since there are so many possibilities, pick whatever you want! Just know that I'll assign bonuses/penalties to your choice as I see fit. A standard short-sword might give you +3 Masculinity. However, a badass scythe would likely give you a bit more masculinity at the cost of a bit of grace, since it'd be a pain to swing around. Feel free to pick what you want.

ARMOR SPEC: Just pick Light, Medium, or Heavy. Of course, there are other options. Mages, scholars, and other characters who won't wear armor can pick Mage Armor, which is a glorified term for "cloth." Mage Armor sacrifices defense at the cost of -5 Masculinity and Cheatery, but it nets you a 5 point bonus in Wise-Assity and Mancomancy! If you're playing a kung-fu monk, you can pick "None" for a +5 to Masculinity and Grace at the cost of -5 Wise-Assity. If you're not playing a monk and you pick "none," however, you'll get a -5 five penalty to all stats but Cheatery, where I'll give a +10 bonus as small recompense. Still, it's more recommended you actually wear armor, as, late game, some armor may start to give good bonuses in both stats and abilities. What are these stats, you ask? All will be explained below.

DRAW-BACK: Pick a fun personality draw-back to give your character! This will affect their needs and personality! For instance, if your character is a kleptomaniac, they may be required to nick one item a day from NPCs to keep from getting all antsy-pantsy. If your character is alcoholic, she/he will crave booze and lack self-control around it, and if you want to avoid the poison you must make a roll to resist its siren call. Note that these are examples, I encourage you to come up with your own. Each character must have one, for the sake of shenanigans.

STATS
(These will serve as modifiers to your rolls throughout the game. They all start at negative ten and can go below that if you're not careful in-game. Each character has a net sum of 20 points to spend on their stats.)
NEW NOTE: YOUR INITIAL STATS ARE NOT TO GO OVER 15. They can, however, go as negative as you wish, you suicidal little lemming, you. Just... Just remember to use the points you yourself subtract, unless you want a purposeful handicap. If you take a handicap on PURPOSE, I might reward you somehow, who knows? (I wouldn't bet too much on that, though.)
ALSO, BE WARNE Min-maxing will be DANGEROUS here. Critical failures are bad, bad news, and Embarrassing Failures aren't that great, either. One early bad roll could insta-kill your character, wherein I'd either have to replace you or hope the party has the means to resurrect you. As you'll see in the Leveling section, there will eventually be a passive ability that will make this risk less dangerous.

MASCULINITY: What is the measure of a man? Why, the Masculinity stat, of course! It affects actions that require strength and machismo! Male characters can also throw a fourth of this in to help with charm checks against any NPC that would be easily swooned! It also makes up half the roll for Intimidation attempts, you big bully, you.

GRACE: Oh, how sweet its sound, which saved a wretch like... Well, it's saved countless wretches, no doubt. For the Grace stat affects all dodging, acrobatic, and running-based rolls in the game! Female characters can also use a fourth of this stat to assist in charm checks against certain, shall we say, "easily-distracted" NPCs.

WISE-ASSITY: You know that really annoying guy that corrects all your typos out of obsessive habit and just happens to know every bit of trivia about every show you watch with him? Guess what, he's EXTREMELY HIGH in Wise-Assity! This stat plays a role in any knowledge-based action! It also affects how well you learn certain types of magic (if you're a class who can learn spells, of course.) Of course, just like any good Wise-Ass, these skills can be used in attempts to charm others, comprising half of that roll. Unlike the previous two, this can be done by both genders, but be warned! If the NPC you are attempting to charm in this fashion has a higher Wise-Assity than you, they may be simply disgusted by your unwarranted know-it-all attitude! But if their Wise-Assity is too low, they may be unable to relate to a word you're saying and hate you for "Bein' a damned smartass." Wise-Assity sure is tricky!

MACGUYVERNESS: Your enemies were foolish enough to leave you with a large supply of paperclips, tape, and chewing gum. This affects any action that has to do with crafting or otherwise jury-rigging equipment, attacks, and solutions. Like most other stats, it too has speech potential; it makes up half the roll for attempting to calm an NPC down from a murder-fury. Of course, take note, this will only work once per-fight and it may not permanently stop their aggression, it just opens the door for diplomacy. Some of the more "jury-rigging" actions might go half-and-half with a Cheatery-roll, BTW.

MANCOMANCY: Mancomancy is the measure of how much magic sparkles you shoot out your bum per day and affects all rolls for spells in some way, and most beginner spells will rely solely upon them. It's a highly recommended stat for hopeful mages and magesses. Unlike other stats, this one has no speech potential, GASP!

CHEATERY: Also known as "luck", this stat affects all stealth and thievery based actions, but it also affects gambling, loot drops, enemies, and how likely that potion you picked to chug at random won't turn your genitalia into sea-sponge. Honestly, this will affect all sorts of things in game, and you will hardly ever know. Let it be known, though, the guy who maxes this out without putting points in anything else is just going to get some good drops, last three seconds, and instantly die. It will NOT carry you. Luck can be a total troll and a bitch, after all. Unlike other stats, I'll flip a coin before using this one. If heads, then you get the whole stat added to the roll in your favor. If tails, you get half of it subtracted. Negative Cheatery does not enjoy the coin-flip advantage, though, so don't think a -138 Cheatery is going to do you any favors. In fact, that'd probably make your character lose all his/her organs in a poker game with a reality-warping mad god.

TWAINNESS: Named after a certain writer with a fondness for riverboats, this stat plays a part in all speech-based rolls. And, should you attempt to write a satirical novel or admire a river-boat, it'll likely play a part there, too. And, hell, you know what? It goes halvesies with Masculinity when it comes to alcohol-tolerance, as well. Why not?

HOW THE GAME WILL WORK: Using a dice simulator, I will roll a random 100-sided die. Your attempt will be rated thusly:

BELOW 0: CRITICAL FAILURE
A fail so epic that it becomes the stuff of legends. You will either die, cripple yourself, or create a world-consuming monster as a result. The lower it gets, the worse the result will be.

0-15: EMBARRASSING FAILURE
Well, okay, you failed. You likely injured yourself and someone else, but you probably didn't kill anyone in the process. Probably. Maybe. It all depends on what you were trying to do. Let's hope it wasn't "DEFUSE BOMB."

16-25: WELP
And you could have SWORN he was standing there a minute ago! Where did that errant nail you just stepped on spring from?! Misses in this range will incur a small penalty. It won't be much to worry about. Hell, "DEFUSE BOMB" would only lose you a hand!

26-50: HEY, YOU MISSED, PAL.
Well, that didn't pan out like you thought it would. But not all is lost! If this is an attack, you might have nicked them! If it was an attempt to make a sword from nails, you probably still made a spiky ball of pain for yourself and your foes to suffer from! So, chin up! You failed, but it wasn't THAT bad! Note: The severity of the fail depends on the number. The closer to 50 means that it's less costly.

51-70: M-M-M-MEDIOCRITY!

Congratulations, you are winner! Yeah, technically your action succeeded, but it wasn't that spectacular. That table you made is dull and unimpressive, and the stab you performed was only JUST effective at wounding your foe.

71-90: YOU ROLLED... ABOVE AVERAGE.
Not only is this action a success, but it's a pretty good one! That chair you carved from soap is really comfy and ornate, and the attempt at wooing the bar-wench not only succeeded but earned your whole party beer on the house! You can rest easy!

91-105: LIKE A BAWSS

You make the word success sound like an understatement. That shoebox you opened? IT'S FULL OF LOST PIRATE GOLD. That deer you tried to kill? IT WAS A MAGIC DEER OF A DEAD GOD, AND ITS FLESH HEALS ALL WOUNDS. That riverboat you just admired? IT IS ONE DAMN GOOD LOOKIN' RIVERBOAT. Man, you must have sacrificed an innocent maiden to the Random Number Gods.

ANYTHING MORE THAN 106: FORTUNE'S SINGULARITY

I... I don't even...
A roll on par with this will have wondrous, un-foreseen results.
WARNING: If, later on, too many of these start popping up, the space between this and "LIKE A BAWSS" will be widened. AKA, this result might start at 116 instead of 106. Too many of these WILL break the game, after all. Don't worry, though, as the master of this game I'll do what I can to keep things balanced.

VARIOUS OTHER MECHANICS:

Your party will have a couple basic needs to satisfy every so often:
You must each eat one meal a day. You can eat a maximum of 3 before receiving a temporary ENGORGED penalty. Yes, eating more than one might give small buffs. We'll see. Failing to eat a meal can be done for three days at most, each day triggering a worse and worse debuff. On the third, your character will starve.
You must each sleep once a day unless your class is a golem or something, and, if that's the case, I'll assign you an alternate need to make up for it. Same goes for the hunger requirement.
Drawback related requirement. This will vary. Your character might not even have a requirement associated with their drawback, though that's highly unlikely.
Thirst. Each character must have consume half a canteen's worth of water a day. Don't worry, you'll find various springs and wells throughout your adventure. Each character will start with three full canteens, and, if your party ends the day in an inn, they are instantly refilled.

NEW MECHANICS DECIDED REVEALED!

Level up! Throughout the story, your character will level up. I was considering a combat-based experience system, but that didn't seem fair. Instead, let's go with KUDOS POINTS! What are KUDOS POINTS, you ask? Why, they are points that will be rewarded based off your actions! Mostly this will be to my whims, but any roll above LIKE A BAWSS will award an extra point! CRITICAL FAILURES also reward a single point should you survive the results. Now, as to "what actions earn Kudos?" Well, that's up to me. You'll get the gist of what will earn them as the plot goes on.

LEVELS:

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LOW TIER: Five Kudos per level to level up.
Level 1: You all start here. You have one ability.
Levels 2-4: You earn a stat point to do with as you wish!
Level 5: You earn another stat point to do with as you wish! Also, you get another ability! yaaaaay

SOMEWHAT-LOW-TIER: Kudos needed to level increased to ten. Also, the stat limit is increased to 20. Note, this is only for the max for the base stat. Items and buffs can exceed this.
Levels 6-9: A free stat point per level.
Level 10: Two damn stat points and another damn ability. DAMN. However this level also unlocks a passive ability for all characters! The passive is "Disposable Plot Armor", and it allows you to survive one death a level. However, you'll likely receive major injuries in the process.

MID TIER: Kudos needed to level stay the same for now. Base stat limit increased to 25. PLOT REQUIREMENT: At level ten, each character will unlock a personal obstacle, be it something from their past or something caused by their drawback. They must resolve it before going past level 15.
Levels 11-14: 2 stat points per level.
Level 15: 2 more stat points, another ability, and the unlock of a special ULTIMATE ABILITY. Ultimates can only be used once per level and may incur buffs, debuffs, and other costs. They will always be awesome, though.

HIGH TIER: Kudos need to level increased to 15. Base stat limit increased to 30.
Levels 16-19: Two stat points per level.
Level 20: 3 more stat points. A new ability. You unlock a title and become somewhat legendary to other NPCs, what this will entail will depend on your character's actions.

GOD TIER: Kudos needed to level increased to 20. Base stat limit increased to 35. PLOT REQUIREMENT: To level up to 21, each character must meet a personal goal. This will be decided later.
Levels 21-24: 3 stat points per level.
Level 25: You unlock yet another ability and earn 3 more stat points. There are no levels past this, but your ULTIMATE ABILITY is upgraded and will now cost Kudos Points to use, and, just to be safe, it can only be used every so many turns. I'll judge that if and when we get there, but it'll likely be every ten.

That's it for now. If you have feedback/recommendations on this subject, feel free to speak up. I made this on the fly, like the rest of this game, and I don't know how it'll work out in the long-run.

SETTING:

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The prairie town of Melain is rather large but unimpressive, and most of the traffic it receives are a result of being at the intersection of various important trade routes. Fields of corn surround the city in all directions for miles, and, past that, there is naught but rolling hills and the occasional small forest.
Stationed in this small city are various grain mills, trading depots, and, of course, taverns. There is one fort, a small, unimpressive thing built from rough stone and logs from a forest far to the East. The military here is poorly disciplined and acts mostly as the town's police, though they do have a sheriff. Both parties normally only have to deal with drunks, however, as Melain is famous for its powerful corn whiskeys, some of which have been known to take paint off of walls. Cattle ranching is also present, though most ranches work ranches that are far beyond the city and the corn fields beyond it.
There is a shrine to a local harvest god, which the kingdom that technically rules the town has decided to allow to exist despite worshipping a deity of its own, a courthouse, and very little to do for entertainment past frequenting the afore-mentioned taverns.
It is currently a crisp fall night. The moon is full and yellow, casting long shadows throughout the corn-fields and the streets that reach out like tendrils from the darkness.
The townfolk aren't bothered by this, however. Their annual Harvest Festival is in full swing, and a blushing young maiden, her curly locks of gold swaying against an ivory dress as she dances, prepares to be crowned the town's Harvest Goddess, allowing her a special seat at the head of the feasting table and, most importantly, her choice of a beau for the Harvest Dance. The town's portly mayor is judging a pie contest, zealously enjoying the perks of his station as well as several types of blue-berry pie. An old geezer is carving the exaggerated face of a goblin into an over-sized pumpkin, and a drop-out from the Mage Academy is telling somewhat-inaccurate fortunes in a tent in the town square.
By 3 AM this town would be in flames. The pumpkin will be shattered, the pies lie ruined on the ground, and the ivory dress of the maiden will be stained by crimson blood.
None in the town know this. None would until it is too late.
For now, the festival continues on. It will be some time until everything is to go awry, and, as such, seven characters of varying race, gender, and background are currently none-the-wiser. What role will they play in all of this? Who's to say but them? As the hands of fate tick ever closer to the critical moment, there is nothing that the rest of us can do but watch.

Well, that's it, folks! If you're interested, just sign up! Note that this is my FIRST GAME. It may not run smoothly. Since I'm not using art or anything, though, I should be able to update somewhat often. I will leave sign-ups open for a while, either until they slow down/stop or until I see more than enough stellar choices.

I, for one, look forward to the epic we will forge together.

[chimericWilder]

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[ardentApathy]

NAME: Narsis the Octogonapus

RACE: Octogonapus (this grants her four additional arms, for a total of eight limbs)

GENDER: Female

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

CLASS/OCCUPATION: By day, she works as a librarian. By night, she hides herself away, lest she be driven mad by her insane lust to consume all aquatic life. The fact that there are no known oceans bordering the Kingdom does not help matters AT ALL.

BACKSTORY: One day Narsis was reading a magical tome, in the greatest library in the kingdom. She worked there as a librarian, as her love for knowledge was limitless. Then she accidentally got a paper cut, which caused the book's inherent Mancomancy to turn her into the MANLIEST character she could possibly think of. Thus, the world's first Octogonapus was born. Having six arms, while sometimes useful, is also incredibly embarrassing, but thankfully, they are evenly spaced along her torso, so she can simply keep them folded inside her librarian's robes during the day. But the blessings of the Octogonapus also come with a curse: every night has brought an uncontrollable urge to consume all life in the ocean. Unfortunately, the only oceans she has ever known are the ones in her fiction novels. She doesn't even really know what an ocean LOOKS like. She still works as a librarian - it helps keep her sane, when her nightly unfathomable fish cravings become unbearable. However, she has always craved adventure, to become one of the characters in her storybooks. This is her one true PASSION.

WEAPON: She never uses any one weapon for too long. Except the Pen of Memories. That is one relic she will not part with. The tale of how she got it is one that can never be told, for that is part of its curse, as well as its legend. She doesn't normally have cause to use weapons, being a simple librarian, so she is not proficient with any other weapon.

ARMOR SPEC: None. Armor is for sissies. And Octogonapi are, by definition, not sissies. Also, it's hard to find armor with six arm holes.

DRAW-BACK: Completely unable to turn her head sideways. It can be a bit of a handicap. Wears a neckbrace, just so people aren't confused. However, she tends to forget it IS a handicap, leading her to do some odd things from time to time.

STATS

MASCULINITY: 0 (+10)

GRACE: -15 (-5)

WISE-ASSITY: -13 (-3)

MACGUYVERNESS: -15 (-5)

MANCOMANCY: 10 (+20)

CHEATERY: -8 (+2)

TWAINNESS: -9 (+1)

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I'll be honest, I just skimmed the rules. Onwards to adventure!

EDIT: UPDATED. The old character was too broken. Hopefully this is a bit better.

EDITx2: I'm not going to edit this post again. Either she makes it in, or she doesn't.

[AnInvisibleUser]

NAME: Fam'ila Hu'milar

RACE: Un'impor, A Cold-Blooded Lizard race native to the Desert Hak'ave. Most see themselves as the "Master-Race" because of their various reptile-like abilities, but this just makes most other races look down on them. This makes it hard to be one of the few Un'impor that doesn't think that he is better than all others. I mean, for thinking like that, you may be shunned from Un'Impor cities everywhere, while other races will hate you for your ignorant brothers.

GENDER: Female

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic-Good. I want to help, but Y'all hate me!

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Sharp-Shooter for a traveling Circus. In a small, secluded community where most people know her well, she can be herself. AKA: Not pretend to hate other races, and not deal with the slander from said other races.

BACKSTORY: Fam'ila was born in the Hak'ave desert where she grew up in the small trading outpost "West Reach." In this outpost, most races lived together, so she knew nothing of the hateful ways of her race, or other race's prejudice against her own. When she turned 18, she set out on a pilgrimage to the Capital, Un'Citidad. Here, she learned the harsh truth surrounding her race. She stayed in the city no more than a month, before the day-to-day insults of other nations drove her out. She found she couldn't return home, knowing that the people she grew up with may very well secretly hate her, so she joined a circus and began to travel. She remained in solitude for the first year of her training, before she met a human boy who decided to sneak into the circus to watch her train with the pistols. After she was finished, she noticed him hiding in a small corner clapping. The boy stayed with the circus for a month before returning home to his family, but he managed in that time to make Fam'ila part of the family that the performers say themselves in. She wrote to the adress that the boy gave her, but the response was that the boy had never reached home. Because she lived in a circus for an excess of 5 years all-in-all, she never really developed much of a understanding of laws, causing her to be more chaotic than most. Her goal in life is to find that boy again, and to help him find a home. He would probably be 15 now.

WEAPON: Twin Dreameater magnum revolvers. They use a compressed blast of steam to fire the projectile, meaning that things such as nails can be crammed down the barrel to fire. Also, because it uses gas to fire it's ammunition, it can be useful up close even if no ammo is present. IE: A compressed blast of air from a 1/2 inch barrel poked into your gut may hurt just a little.

ARMOR SPEC: Light

DRAW-BACK: Personality Anxiety. Do these people hate me? Is it because of my race, or how I act? Why don't they like me? Am I that Flawed? Fam'ila has problems communicating with people unless they are already her friend, making it awkward to function in most societies. To combat this, she must start blabbering about everything to whoever talks to her, hoping some verbal gem spouts from her mouth and makes her a friend. This makes it hard for her to keep secrets.

STATS

MASCULINITY: -10

GRACE: 15

WISE-ASSITY: -20

MACGUYVERNESS: 0

MANCOMANCY: -25

CHEATERY: 10

TWAINNESS: -10

EDIT: Okay, I think I'm happy with this stat change. I would fail at any magic, and maybe wise-assity, but I have a fighting chance at everything else. Hell, I have a decent chance of wining in any gambling, as well as graceful stuff.

[Goldeneyepie]

NAME: Blaine Rakes

RACE: Naga

GENDER: Male

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic-Neutral

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Mage (For class) Shopkeep (For occupation)

BACKSTORY: As a child he was born in a cave a mage came an directed him to a nearby town.
He has since then been living in that town for fifteen years as the shop-keeps assistant.
He came to visit the festival of the town to the south with hopes to start his own shop there for the festival.
He one day wishes to find and thank the mage who helped him.

WEAPON: Nunchaku

ARMOR SPEC: Light

DRAW-BACK: Mean-spirited

STATS

MASCULINITY: 15

GRACE: 0

WISE-ASSITY: 0

MACGUYVERNESS: -20

MANCOMANCY: 15

CHEATERY: -20

TWAINNESS: -40

One thing i should note is he always wears robes so most people who don't talk to him cant tell hes a naga.

[chimericWilder]

NAME: Sorda

RACE: Talking Rat

GENDER: Male

ALIGNMENT: Neutral Good

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Blademaster

BACKSTORY: Arriving one day in some backwater village wearing a miniature leathercoat and a belted-on sword, Sorda proceeded to go have a drink at the local tavern, demonstrate that 'nope not your common rat', and eventually settle down in this village to the surprise of the locals. He gets by by occasionally giving sword lessons to various villagers looking to learn some form of selfdefense, and while he is not a very good teacher i guess he knows what he is doing so. He lives in the tiny space above the inn, between the roof and the loft, where birds are known to sometimes nest (he has killed a fair share of birds trying to invade his home), and even made a weigh-based elevator to easily get up and down.
The one thing Sorda really enjoys is fencing, and wants to eventually beat the best of the human blademasters, proving that his lesser size has nothing to do with the art of fencing. To achieve this, he sometimes journeys to nearby towns in search of other combatants.
It is possible that there is a colony of talking rats chilling out somewhere, but if so, Sorda never talks about where he comes from.

As an alternative, replace 'backwater village' with Melain, i dont really core.

WEAPON: Miniature Longsword

ARMOR SPEC: Light Fuck it, every single other character submitted by the time of this edit is light, lets go with Medium.

DRAW-BACK: Tiny
Asides from the obvious drawbacks, Sorda really hates having his size pointed out to him, considering any who does so racists and usually preferring to stab them than continue any conversation.

STATS
(These will serve as modifiers to your rolls throughout the game. They all start at negative ten and can go below that if you're not careful in-game. Each character has a net sum of 20 points to spend on their stats.)

MASCULINITY: -6

GRACE: 5

WISE-ASSITY: -9

MACGUYVERNESS: -5

MANCOMANCY: -12

CHEATERY: -8

TWAINNESS: -15

[wlzrobert]

NAME: John "Dusk" Chunksteak

RACE: Stealthy Goblin

GENDER: Male

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Vampire Assassin

BACKSTORY: John was born in an orphanage when a group of monks took him to a nearby mountain to train. These monks turned out to be the most powerful group of assassins in the world, and there was no longer a John, but a Dusk.

WEAPON: Twin Daggers. (+ Grace plz)

ARMOR SPEC: Light Armor

DRAW-BACK: Vampire! Drinks the blood of fallen enemies once a day. (Could I get some grace or vampire buffs from this too)

STATS:


MASCULINITY: 15
GRACE: 15
WISE-ASSITY: -20
MACGUYVERNESS: -20
MANCOMANCY: -40
CHEATERY: 0
TWAINNESS: 0

[Supernerd]

Name: Subject 0413
Race: Gigantic Mutant leech monster
Gender: Asexual, probably sterile.
Alignment: True neutral
Class: Monster
Backstory: Just one of many twisted magical experiments conducted by a secret society of practitioners of dark magic. This one developed sentience and a taste for humanoid blood.
Weapon: Unarmed*
Armor Spec: Light. I'm sure I'll find plenty of Mutant Leech Monster armor all over the place.
Draw-back: Burning hatred of humans

These numbers are based on how many points have been spent and not the actual net value. Just subtract 10 from each stat for the net value.
+25 points into Masculinity
+25 points into Grace
-10 points from Wise-Assity
-10 points from Macguyverness
-10 points from Mancomancy
+10 points into Cheatery
-10 points from Twainness.

[InoxFy]

Oh man this looks amazing.

I reserve, give me a moment to think of the perfect app

[Kíeros]

NAME: Lishum Kehiakor
RACE: Nekomimi
GENDER: Female
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral
CLASS/OCCUPATION: Archer
BACKSTORY: Lishum was the oldest of three children in a small family who moved in around twenty or thirty years ago. Both of her parents were normal humans, so it came as a surprise when she was a nekomimi. None of her siblings (both male) were afflicted in the same way, and so she constantly gets scorned by the two of them. The townspeople were enraged at the fact that her parents continued to keep her alive, until one day, they charged the house and killed both of the parents. Lishum managed to escape into the wilderness, where she learned archery (mainly due to needing to hide from attackers).
WEAPON: Bow and arrow, duh?
ARMOR SPEC: Light Armour
DRAW-BACK: Most people from her hometown want to kill her. Did I mention that she grew up in one of the largest cities in the country?
STATS

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MASCULINITY: -33
GRACE: 1
WISE-ASSITY: -5
MACGUYVERNESS: 28
MANCOMANCY: -37
CHEATERY: -12
TWAINNESS: 8

And because I could, I found appropriated an image.

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[InoxFy]

NAME: Evergreen

RACE: Forest sprite

GENDER: Female

ALIGNMENT: Neutral

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Forest guardian

BACKSTORY: Evergreen had a fun life of flying around trees branches and staying out of sight of travelers and all those other forest sprite activities for several centuries. Unknown to her and her kind, however, during these centuries there was a human settlement developing at an alarming pace right next to her forest. The humans' natural ambition and complete disregard for the environment led them to begin destroying Evergreen's forest for construction materials and room for their reckless expansion.
The sprites decided to take action and offered the leader of the human settlement a deal for them to stop destroying their home, and in exchange they will help the humans to the best of their abilities with their magical power. The human leader, naturally, responded by burning down the entire forest to get rid of these pests. Evergreen fled, and has ever since exploring the world in search of more of her kind.

WEAPON: The forces of nature... and a really small spear that most regular sized enemies will hardly register.

ARMOR SPEC: Mage armor

DRAW-BACK: An attention span of about 10 seconds. (May result in attacking a completely wrong enemy than she intended... maybe?)

STATS

MASCULINITY: -30
GRACE: 15
WISE-ASSITY: 15
MACGUYVERNESS: -10
MANCOMANCY: 0
CHEATERY: -20
TWAINNESS: -20

[chimericWilder]

The fact that there is zero human characters yet is promising.

E: Goddamnit InoxFy!!

[InoxFy]

The fact that there is zero human characters yet is promising.

E: Goddamnit InoxFy!!

EDIT: Hmm looking back. Invisible already has this kind of dual revolver character and I don't want to tread on his territory. I'm changing mine completely.

[FuriousSquid]

NAME: Edgar Smythe

RACE: Human

GENDER: Male

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Trecharous Butler

BACKSTORY: "Trusty" manservant to the rich and famous, Smythe's work has started to dry up of late. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that his previous employers are all somewhat deceased, often along with large swathes of their family, friends and staff. To date he has never conclusively been framed for any of the twenty or so stabbings, poisonings and (in one memorable case) drownings-in-soup he is linked with, but nevertheless, the great Detective Robleau suspects a pattern, and is hot on his trail.

He is currently lodging above Melain's largest tavern whilst he searches for a new wealthy (and preferably not too bright) individual to buttle to. He originally comes from a long-distant nation but tough border controls and several outstanding arrest warrants mean he will almost certainly never return as a free man.

His overriding goal in life is simple- accumulate as much wealth and power as he can- whilst his short term plans to achieve this tend to fairly regularly fluctuate between finding a new master, and selling them out for as much as he can get. Strangly enough, no matter how many employers he betrays and/or brutally murders, he never seems to get rich enough to stop.

WEAPON: Poisoned Brandy

ARMOR SPEC: Light

DRAW-BACK: Chronic Backstabber

STATS:
MASCULINITY: -18
GRACE: 4
WISE-ASSITY: -10
MACGUYVERNESS: -10
MANCOMANCY: -13
CHEATERY: -10
TWAINNESS: 7

[GenetiXientist]

NAME: Hatsor Niggurath

RACE: Not-So-Great Old One.

GENDER: Um. Er. Pass?

ALIGNMENT: TECHNICALLY Chaotic evil, but, you know, it just wants to get along with y'all. So Chaotic Neutral.

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Lord of Uncomfortably Tight Spaces, Dweller in the Kiddie Pool, It Who Rides In The Back, Master of the Trans-Fat, part-time chef at a fast-food joint.

BACKSTORY: It was born to Shub Niggurath in Lu-Kthu. When growing up, it often realized that it didn't fit in with the rest of its kind; where its thousand siblings would constantly drive men mad and mutate them into horrific forms, it would mainly play dress-up with its victims. Once going so far as to color coordinate the outfit of a blind man, a momentous task which was for naught, as Hatsor's siblings soon decided to drive the man mad, something they were wont to do. Nevertheless, Hatsor lived relatively happily, until, in the throes of what could be tentatively classified as hormonal imbalance, it saved a woman from the clutches of its bretheren, angering Shub-Niggurath. The Black Goat with 1001 young disowned Hatsor, who went on to bounce around a lot of jobs, eventually settling for a job at a fast-food place. Currently, Hatsor is trying to find a better damn job, and get enough money to pay for a voyage to the depths of space to beg for forgiveness from its parent.

WEAPON: Stave of the Interstellar Darkness.

ARMOR SPEC: Light.

DRAW-BACK: It doesn't understand that other creatures have any sort of rights. So it kinda does what it wants. Also, no impulse control.

STATS:

MASCULINITY: -100 (-90)

GRACE: 0 (+10)

WISE-ASSITY: 40 (+50)

MACGUYVERNESS: -20 (-10)

MANCOMANCY: 40 (+50)

CHEATERY: -10 (0)

TWAINNESS: 0 (+10)

[Ross_Varn]

This has my approval and my want to join. Roll To Dodge ho!

NAME: Aniesta "Sabre" Dareson

RACE: Elvish

GENDER: Female- doesn't show it off.

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Elvish Duelist / Bladesmith

BACKSTORY: Aniesta came from the elvish lands, a long time ago. She works as a smithy where she can as she walks her path in the world, outliving acquaintances and putting a touch of the elvish in what she does. After all this time, she's pretty much done with how humans treat their women and, by extension, her, and neglects to clue people into her gender. Racism really, really gets to her. She doesn't settle in places for long, and occasionally tends to find herself in one of those adventuring parties, out to make some money or risk her life for a cause she got over an age ago. World weary, but not willing to let go- she doesn't have a plan, only a life, a spark of elvish magic, and a saber by which she takes her work and her name.

WEAPON: Long Elvish style saber, allows Saber to channel energy along it to use as a bit of a focus for her magic tricks, but is really only good at avoiding blows, not blocking them.

ARMOR SPEC: Light

DRAW-BACK: Attuned Scmuned - Due to her racial spark of elvish magic, Saber is innately susceptible to magic directed against her. She has to concentrate (Wiseassery / Manomancy) on defending herself against spells, or the magic's effectiveness increases.

MASCULINITY: -10

GRACE: +0

WISE-ASSITY: -10

MACGUYVERNESS: -5

MANCOMANCY: -5

CHEATERY: -10

TWAINNESS: -10

Here, have a quick sketch of character art that I put together.

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Saber in a rare good mood, in her adventuring getup.

[Kíeros]

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Right now, there are four characters who either have more than enough or not enough points.

Evergreen/InoxFy has 20 points too many
Edgar/FuriousSquid has 2 points too few
Narsis/ardentApathy has 10 points too few
Famila/AnInvisibleUser has 90 points too few

The middle two are okay, the first would likely nor be playable, and the last... well, if you want a challenge, that's fine with me.

[Supernerd]

Is it legal to put negative points into a stat to get more points for other stats? If so, whats stopping us from having -1000 in one stat and 100 in all the others?

[MasterBlade]

NAME: Jane Marian

RACE: Human (WTF HERESY)

GENDER: Female

ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good

CLASS/OCCUPATION: Innocent Maiden

BACKSTORY: Born in the town of Melain, Jane is the daughter of the mayor. She was raised to be a noble lady, with knowledge and wit, and a tongue of gold. She has never laid her hands on a weapon, and rarely messes with magical things. Her one goal in life would be to marry a strapping young lad and live a humble life as his bride. On this day she has the honor of being crowned Harvest Goddess, and a chance to choose the love of her life for her own. She continues with her preparations, not knowing how quickly the dream would be shattered by fate.

WEAPON: Broom

ARMOR SPEC: Light (Starts with dress)

DRAW-BACK: Upkeep- Is attracted to nice things like jewelery and dresses. Will request her party buy said jewelery or dresses. These jewelery or dresses may be magical or completely stat-less, but she will love them regardless. May get upset from a lack of jewelery or dresses.

STATS

MASCULINITY: -35

GRACE: 5

WISE-ASSITY: -5

MACGUYVERNESS: 0

MANCOMANCY: -15

CHEATERY: -20

TWAINNESS: 10

[InoxFy]

Each character has a net sum of 20 points to spend on their stats.

No I don't

[Potato Panic]

Eeeeeep, spot reserve?

[AnInvisibleUser]

Okay, Math-Fix to my application.

[GenetiXientist]

Each stat starts at -10, not -20.

[chimericWilder]

Y'know, i'd really like a clarification concerning those stats and huge negatives, aswell.

[GenetiXientist]

The net sum being 20 means that the total sum of all your stats, considering that the net sum to begin is -60, must add up to -40.

Basically, swap things around as much as you want, but add 20 more points into the mix to be added anywhere.

I made a magic using...thing by shuffling points around, as shown by the parentheses to the side of the stats.